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Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running
J.P. Karwacki

Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running

When it opened in 2017, Le Club took a different path from traditional bike shops, building new communities around the cultures of cycling and running.

GOAL MTL: The second annual ‘Power of the Ball’ Gala, and a 1970s golf party
The Main

GOAL MTL: The second annual ‘Power of the Ball’ Gala, and a 1970s golf party

Whether it’s a kick or a putt, this gala is a testament to how the sports of soccer and golf both unite people from all walks of life.

The Wheel Club: New pastures for NDG's country music stomping grounds
Jenny Greenberg

The Wheel Club: New pastures for NDG's country music stomping grounds

A veterans’ social club turned live music venue, honouring country music history with a longstanding tradition as it looks to new endeavours.

Montreal's Anglo literary scene is more vibrant than it's been in decades
Alexander Hackett

Montreal's Anglo literary scene is more vibrant than it's been in decades

There was once a time when Montreal’s Anglo writers were central to the city’s culture—here’s how new generations of writers are bringing it full circle.

Mr. Sign: When Montreal’s main streets become a canvas for artist Dave Arnold
J.P. Karwacki

Mr. Sign: When Montreal’s main streets become a canvas for artist Dave Arnold

Talking up the value of old craftsmanship, defining a city’s visual landscapes for 15 years, and new collaborations.

Every photographer needs to shoot in Montreal at least once in their lifetime
J.P. Karwacki

Every photographer needs to shoot in Montreal at least once in their lifetime

Over a century of historical inspirations and a half-dozen local photographers can't be wrong.

GOAL MTL 2024: What it's like at football & charity's biggest day of the year in Montreal
The Main

GOAL MTL 2024: What it's like at football & charity's biggest day of the year in Montreal

A gallery throwback to when Montreal's soccer and hospitality pros, local businesses, and more descended on Percival Molson Stadium.

Beauties Lab x &OR Collective: A collab of sustainable beauty, fashion, and Montreal women
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Beauties Lab x &OR Collective: A collab of sustainable beauty, fashion, and Montreal women

Tying together threads of ethical consumption, self-care, and well-being with local, female-led businesses in the city.

Ruelles vertes: On Montreal’s green alleyway labyrinth of culture, nature, and history
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Ruelles vertes: On Montreal’s green alleyway labyrinth of culture, nature, and history

How Montreal’s maze of alleyways creates behind-the-scenes space for locals' daily life in everything from culture and gardening to democratized public space.

The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024
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The Best of Montreal's Festivals, July 2024

Explore Montreal's top summer festivals of 2024 and construct your guide to make the most of peak summer in the city.

Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring sleep, dreams, and the body
Rachel Cheng

Korean Film Festival Canada: Exploring sleep, dreams, and the body

A look inside the Montréal-based, non-profit and artist-driven Arts East West’s annual gathering for films, media arts, and more from Korean, Asian Canadian, pan-Asian and Asian diasporic artists.

Brainchild: A surfboard studio passion project rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest
J.P. Karwacki

Brainchild: A surfboard studio passion project rekindled in Montreal's Sud-Ouest

Where Mitch Martin gets back to one of the founding ideas behind Little Burgundy's September Surf Café.

Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
J.P. Karwacki

Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal

From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.

Encore Books & Records: Getting lost in the stacks with owner Sean Madden
Jenny Greenberg

Encore Books & Records: Getting lost in the stacks with owner Sean Madden

Listening in to the stories behind NDG’s friendly neighbourhood bookstore, a family-run literary and audiophilic icon of the city.

James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal
J.P. Karwacki

James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal

The Montreal-based artist known as Scorpion Dagger on things to love and change about the city, fond memories, the importance of walking, and getting mugged for $4 one time.

The nouveau Levant: Redefining cuisines and cultures from Montreal's Arab diaspora
Yasmine Dalloul

The nouveau Levant: Redefining cuisines and cultures from Montreal's Arab diaspora

How Montreal's Levantine Arabs—Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian—are opening concepts that bridge adapting to a Western palate with staying true to who they are.